Successful suit against Boy Scouts discrimination in the state of Michigan

We are heartened by the recent decision of the Isabella Co. Circuit Court which recognizes that our son's constitutional
and civil rights were violated, and that he suffered lawful damages, when the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools inappropriately
permitted the Boy Scouts of America to recruit children in the classrooms at Fancher School during regular school
hours for their religious and discriminatory purposes.

While we agree that the Boy Scouts has always been a fine organization for our nation's youth, we contend that
they are no longer entitled to public school district sponsorship because they changed their rules to exclude non-religious
boys and others solely because of their personal beliefs. The Scouts are entitled to make their own membership
rules, but no young child should be left out and excluded from activities sponsored by his or her own public school.

The Girl Scouts of America do not discriminate that way. Every young girl can become a Scout, regardless of her
personal beliefs. There is no problem with school district sponsorship of the Girl Scouts, and each of our three
daughters enjoyed Scouting at school.

We hope that the Boy Scouts of America will someday understand that religious discrimination is wrong, and that
they will once again live up to their proper stature and image as an exciting, educational, and patriotic activity
for all American school-aged boys. Our son is no different than other boys - no better, no worse. We are all Americans.

Scouting For All is not an alternative scouting program.
We are an education and advocacy organization reaching out to gay and nontheist youth and adults in our effort to get the Boy Scouts of America to rescind its exlusionary policy.

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